Progressively later stages of heart deve lopment are depicted running down the carpet, followed on the diagonal in two different colorways. Fields of cardiac tissue are depicted in red.
The diagonaUy staggered columns of geometric polychrome medallions, or botehs, are typical of Afshar weavings, as is the dark blue background. Their carpets were made on horizontal looms in the villages of the Ke rman province. The Afshar were a nomadic people of Turkic descent, reaching Persia via Central Asia and the Caucasus in th e 12th and 13th centuries and settling throughout much of the western part of the country. HEARTCARPET-Inspired by a 19th century Afshar rug from Persia.
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